Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-09-24
Silver Hing Notes.
SILVER KING, Sept. 21.

SILVER AING, Sept. Fl.
 Having little leisure time during the week, 1 took trip to Silver King, so named after the mine beneath it. It would have been more appropriate to have named it the city of hills, for there Is scarcely an acre of level land in one place in town. This being my first visit was surprised at the magnitude of the camp and the amount of business done in the place, and can say without any ques- ton of veracity that it is enc the best camps 1 have seen i'll the Territory. The streets are lined from morning till night with big freight teams loaded with ore and timber to and from the great mine, besprinkled with Mormon teams peddling the products of the Salt river valley.
 Of the mine itself, it Is not necessary for me to say anything, for it's fame is known from ocean to ocean as one of the best paying mines on the Pacific coast. There are about 250 men working at the mine at present and I believe it is the intention to increase the force. We had the pleasure of calling cn Mir. Arthur Macy, the genial superintendent, at his office and found him up to his eyes in busin ess, but not too busy to give your correspondent few items in regard to the intended Improvements which he contemplates making in the next few months. MT. Macy is always alive to the interests of the company. One of the most important is the substitu ton of coal for wood at the mill, though it will have to be done at considerable expense in the way of putting up sheds and shoots for receiving and loading the coal at the railroad, but in the end it is expected to be great saving to the com pany in expense in regard to fuel, be- sides giving more satisfactory results. It is estimated the mill will burn six tons per day or about 175 month, and that does not include the fires running the roasters, which would run it up over 200 per month. It is undecided as yet where they will get their supply of coal, and the present indications are that unless the eastern companies give them more satisfactory terms, they will be compell- ed to purchase their supply in Australia to be shipped by st eamer to Wilmington, 15 miles from Los Angeles, and then by rail to Casa Grande or Tempe. The lat ter place Is doing all in its power to have the Silver King freight changed to that point, and if they succeed 1t will throw thousands of dollars yearly into the hands of the Tempeites.
 On Saturday 1 took trip up on the mountain by following what they call a trail, part of which jack rabbit could scarcely travel with safety, but which I found was used as trail by the burro trains that supply the mine with wood. The mountains are covered with grass, the best have seen for years.
 During my stay stopped with mine host, Judge Dryden of the Silver King hotel The Judge has been under the weather lately, but at present writing is around and attending to business as smiling as ever,
 MT. Barney Connolly arrived on Mon day in camp, accompanied by Gen. Camp bell, of the Cargo Machacho mine, neal fuma, to look at the Crispin mine, and by the way, the c. M. M. Co., is having z map made showing the entire location o mines in this district The map is finely illustrated with views of the Crispin and vicinity. The whole is drawn and com piled from official surveys by Whitney A | Lee.
 The principal topic on the streets il the late strike in the South Comstock The miners who are doing development work on 1t Have gone so crazy over tn, richness of the ore that they work da, and night.
 This vicinity was visited by copiou rains during the past few days and iron present appearances it will have more thereby making still further happy tn, hearts of the stock men by assuring then an abundance of good feed during thu winter
 There was social dance at the schoo house on Friday evening, which was en | joyed by all those that felt inclin ed t shake the light fantastic toe T. J. F.